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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mauch 29, 1906. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATHM. 



Pros., W. H. Grenell, Sasrlnaw, W. S., Mien.; 

 nnt Vlce-Pres., L. L. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and 

 Troas., O. B. Kendel, Cleveland. The 21th annual 

 Meeting will be held at Toledo, G., June 26-28, 1806. 



The onion set grower is anxious for 

 good weather. 



Counter trade is expected to begin 

 in earnest as soon as the belated cold 

 snap is over. 



There undoubtedly is plenty of onion 

 seed to be had, but it is not the kind 

 wanted. 



Toronto. — Wintry weather has cur- 

 tailed the seed business. Prices are 

 lower on clover and grass seeds. 



Chas. p. Guelf, of the Jerome B. 

 Rice Seed Co., Cambridge, N. Y., is at 

 present making Philadelphia his head- 

 quarters. 



So far as reports to date would indi- 

 cate, the pea and bean acreage for 1906 

 crop will be cut considerably below the 

 acreage of 1905. 



Chicago. — A second supply of cauli- 

 flower seed is being called for by gar- 

 deners, owing to a too early sowing of 

 the former lot in anticipation of an 

 early spring. 



There is much complaint that field 

 corn of good quality is hard to get. This 

 refers to shelled stock, as it appears that 

 ear corn of a good quality is to be had 

 if the price is forthcoming. 



The mail order houses report trade 

 fully up to the March record so far for 

 the month. This is thought to be a go6d 

 showing, considering the wintry weather 

 conditions that have prevailed the past 

 fortnight. 



From the jobbers' standpoint every- 

 thing is satisfactory, yet there is a feel- 

 ing that the mild weather in the early 

 months of the year, followed by such a 

 cold March, may switch things off and 

 upset calculations. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 has issued as Circular No. 63 "Boot- 

 maggots and How to Control Them," 

 which will be of assistance to seedsmen 

 in correspondence with planters who are 

 having trouble with these very common 

 enemies of corn, cabbage, onion, etc. 



Reports from the sections where onion 

 sets are used largely . is to the effect 

 that planting is retarded by the un- 

 seasonable weather. This reacts upon 

 the handlers of sets, as at this season 

 of the year the natural sprouting of the 

 stock causes a heavy loss to those who 

 are compelled to hold back till purchas- 

 ers are ready to plant. 



Canada also has a free seed distribu- 

 tion, conducted through the Experiment 

 Farm at Ottawa. Dr. C. E. Saunders, 

 in charge, states that for February 28,- 

 740 letters requesting seed samples were 

 received. One day 2,731 were received. 

 In January 8,783 letters were received 

 and since the first of this month the aver- 

 age has been about 500 each day. 



LEONARD SEED GROWERS 



Leading 



rz^ ■■jo™' CO. 



Latscst fiTowers of Peas^ Beans and 

 Gaiden Seed in the Central West. 



Writ* for Prioes* 



CHICAGO 



M«>iitlon Tbe Rerlew wben joa write. 



in Bulk 

 and Packages 



LAWN GRASS SEED 



Dickinsons, Evergreea, and Pine Tree Brandt 

 SPECIAL MIXTURES SEED FOR GOLF GROUNDS 



THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



CHICAGO 



Meuiluu 'ibe iteview wUeti~^tt write 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILROT, CAIi. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Peas, Aster, 

 Oosmos, Mignonette, Verbena in variety. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 



Mention The Reylew when yon vrrlte. 



Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co.! 



3700 

 Acres 

 of Gar- 

 den Seeds 

 in Cultiva- 

 tion. 

 WKOI^BBJlXiB sebd obowbbs 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



The call for watermelon seed from 

 Texas indicates increased acreage this 

 year in spite of the cry that the private 

 car lines get all the profit. 



The 1905 bean crop of Michigan is 

 said to exceed that of 1904, vrhich was 

 estimated at 3,000,000 bushels by the 

 secretary of agriculture for the state. 



If any seedsman is interested in the 

 "Storage and Germination of Wild 

 Eice Seed" or in the "Poisonous Action 

 of Johnson Grass," he will obtain new 

 information by sending for Bulletin 

 No. 90, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



The efforts of the seed trade to arouse 

 public opinion unfavorable to the free 

 seed distribution has resulted in much 

 good editorial work on the part /of the 

 newspapers and thousands of letters on 

 the subject are received by congressmen. 

 Many candidates for the spring election 

 to congress, as opponents to present 

 members, are declaring against free 

 seeds. 



The trade has spent the brief leisure 

 moments afforded by bad weather the 

 past week in speculating on who it is 

 that needs a five-thousand-dollar man- 

 ager for a mail trade. Half a dozen 

 different big wholesale houses are sug- 

 gested .IS being about to go into the 

 catalogue field, guesses running all the 

 way from Detroit to San Francisco, but 

 the only sure thing is that several rising 

 young seedsmen would each like to be 

 turned loose on the job — and the salary. 

 All the information Hapgood's can give 

 out is that the proposed catalogue busi- 

 ness will be separate from the wholesale 

 business by which it is owned and oper- 

 ated under a different name. 



S.D.Woodriiff&Sons 



BPBCIALTIESt 



Garden Seeds In Variety • 



Maine seed potatoes, onion seta, etc 

 Correspondence Bolicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, OBANGE, COIfN. 



New York City Store, da-84 Dey Street. 



Mention The ReTJew when yon write. 



C. C. MORSE S CO. 



Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oaroftal growers of Oslifomla speoislUes. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



To the Wholesale Seed Trade: 



Write us for gtoynag prices in car-lots on 



Field, Sweet an< Pop Corn 



Healy Bros., Belle Center, 0. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



DR. PETZKE DRU6 CO. 



Groveors of Seed Potatoes 

 HIXrON, WIS. 



About 20 acres to spare for Seed Potatoes this 

 year. Make us an offer quick. 



We have the climate, the soil, the knowledge 

 and the experience. Try us. 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



ROCHESTER SEED NOTES. 



Business is good and all seem satis- 

 fied, both with the past and present 

 trade, also the outlook. Bed clover, 

 though, at the present price is moving 

 slowly and such conditions are not to 

 be wondered at. Alsike took an upward 

 turn on account of the iniquitous price 

 the dealers have been forced to charge 

 for reds. Timothy also seemed to be in 

 better trim and good orders were en- 

 tered. Onion sets, which have proven a 

 hard proposition this winter, are mov- 

 ing off gradually and whites are getting 

 short. Sweet com seems to be in abun- 

 dance and some low prices have been 

 quoted on Evergreen. While the bot- 

 tom dropped out of the potato market 

 about a couple of weeks ago as 

 far as restaurant stock is concerned, 

 Ford, Connelly and Aldridge are still 

 booking orders for seed purposes at the 

 same old prices and from the same old 

 customers. A look around Fishers, 

 N. Y., where their establishments are 

 located, would dissipate, if it ever ex- 



